Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Measure M puts LA at the forefront of public transit funding
On Nov. 8 voters will see Measure M on the ballot, an initiative that aims to raise $120 billion over the next 40 years to help fund mass transit expansions. Voters in more than two dozen other metro areas -- like San Francisco, Seattle and Atlanta -- are considering similar transit funding measures.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readOn Nov. 8 voters will see Measure M on the ballot, an initiative that aims to raise $120 billion over the next 40 years to help fund mass transit expansions. Voters in more than two dozen other metro areas -- like San Francisco, Seattle and Atlanta -- are considering similar transit funding measures.
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Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
KCRW Staff
KCRW Staff
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Anna Scott
Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter
Jolie Myers
Managing Producer, 'Press Play'
Laura J. Nelson
Wall Street Journal enterprise reporter covering politics, technology and California
Martin Wachs
RAND Corporation / University of California
The full episode
2 of 5Why some cities are preemptively banning recreational pot- 0:30Banning weed before next week’s election
- 14:41Measure M puts LA at the forefront of public transit fundingYou’re reading this
- 21:42Is the sharing economy racist?
- 31:19Japanese American author creates the Sherlock Holmes of South LA
- 43:51Where to get the best Mai Tai in LA